Acknowledgement
I would like to thank all those who have supported me during my research for this new edition. My particular thanks to Barry Gills for his continued support encouragement, support and intellectual guidance.
I cannot name, but must warmly acknowledge and thank, the scores of individuals who were so generous of their time and who allowed me to interview them regarding the 2007–2008 financial crisis and G20-led intergovernmental response since then. I feel honoured to have been given the time and counsel of presidential and prime ministerial advisers, finance ministers, G20 sherpas, central bank governors and deputy governors, treasury and ministry of finance officials, numerous IMF executive directors, academics and former senior ...
